So I don't want anybody feeling that if he or she is down here that it is hopeless at this point. It is not.

我不想让任何人感到,来到这的他或她,在这点上是无望的，不是这样。

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I've already told you the story about Achilles having the choice of living forever without fame or dying with fame, and he makes the choice for death and fame.

我已经跟你们说了阿喀琉斯的故事,他有两个选择,或是无名无望的活下去,或是战死沙场,但受万世颂扬,他选择了死和名望

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